jubilance

noun

Definition of jubilancenext
as in jubilation

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Recent Examples of jubilance For a movie about an apocalyptic clash of vampires and gangsters, Sinners has moments of unexpected jubilance, even rapture. — A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025 Yet in all its gloom (a reaction to the jubilance of Jubilee), For Melancholy Brunettes also finds Zauner finally feeling like herself again. — Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025 This jubilance, and appreciation for Messam’s work was documented on Good Morning America, where the actor joked with Robin Roberts about taking the role in order to wear the armor. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Whether such jubilance penetrates through the walls of the training ground is another story but narratives of a team’s success can be shaped by what happens in smaller sub-samples within a season. — Andy Jones, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jubilance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jubilance
  1. jubilation
  2. exuberance
  3. glee
  4. mirth
  5. joyfulness
  6. cheerfulness
  7. jollity
  8. joy
Noun
  • Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as woman who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Inevitably, the goal sparked scenes of wild jubilation from players and fans alike.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of jubilation
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  • If the 10-year reaches 5%, investors may put more of their money into bonds, said Kikis, despite stocks trading near an all-time-high as the AI boom fuels market exuberance.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Otherwise, exuberance, reluctance and fear will lead in your place.
    — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of exuberance
Noun
  • The next day, JT showed a snippet of his viral cameo that had everyone and their mother throwing up their phones in glee.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Other, less cartoonish responses have lingered on Cambridge’s comparable glee in brandishing Arday in the first place.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of glee
Noun
  • Their pairing begs the question of whether misery and mirth alternate, blend, or coexist.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • There’s a fair bit of mirth in all this, and in Glanz’s brittle, snippy dialogue, which is abetted by the casting.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026
Definition of mirth
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  • This strophic song in five verses conveys the journeyman’s joyfulness through a jaunty, tuneful vocal line over a steadily striding piano accompaniment.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Gus Birney, Shulman’s real-life daughter, brings an ineffable lightness to Sarah Nell, the joyfulness and sweetness of the portrayal all the more wondrous before of all the darkness that surrounds it.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyfulness
Noun
  • The service Professionalism comes with genuine warmth, cheerfulness, and a sense of people absolutely loving their jobs.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheerfulness
Noun
  • But the rollicking jollity that accompanies the final two acts, which includes the entrance of pirates and the abduction of Marina to a brothel, robs the ending of some of its pathos.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of jollity
Noun
  • Luckily, the trip ends with a palate cleanser that brings me such an enormous amount of joy.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The book is a detailed, and often very funny, account of his final years, filled with hope and despair, panic and joy and serenity.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
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